Victory for the ACT Student Text 15e

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game. (Later, they found the great traces forged by the Indian tribes on their trading ƒ† ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ ˆ‘”ƒ›•ǤȌ ”ƒ†—ƒŽŽ›ǡ –Š‡•‡ ϐ‹”•– 3 3 3 Europeans hewed out passages that become part of America’s history, portions of which may still be discovered along today’s interstates and back roads. Their very names connect us to the past in the region: The Great Warrior’s Trail, Boone’s Trace (which became –Š‡ ‹Ž†‡”‡•• ‘ƒ†Ȍǡ ƒ† –Š‡ —„‡”Žƒ† ƒ’Ǥ Geographic isolation ‰”‡ƒ–Ž› ‹ϐŽ—‡…‡† the region’s culture. From the beginning, numerous ethnic groups contributed to Appalachian settlement. During the late 1600s and into the next century, Germans from the Rhineland settled in the Great Appalachian Valley. Building fat barns and tight houses on –Š‡ ˆ‡”–‹Ž‡ ϐ‹‡Ž†• ‘ˆ ‡•›Ž˜ƒ‹ƒǡ ƒ”›Žƒ†ǡ Virginia, and North Carolina. They were the “Pennsylvania Dutch.” The German settlers made important contributions. One of the important contributions made by German settlers to ˆ”‘–‹‡” Ž‹ˆ‡ ™ƒ• –Š‡ ‡•›Ž˜ƒ‹ƒ ”‹ϐŽ‡ȄƒŽ•‘ …ƒŽŽ‡† –Š‡ ‡–—…› ”‹ϐŽ‡ ‘” –Š‡ ‘‰ ”‹ϐŽ‡Ǥ 4 4 5 6 7 8 8

3. A. NO CHANGE B. Great traces forged by the Indian tribes, however, were later found on –Š‡‹” –”ƒ†‹‰ ƒ† ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ ˆ‘”ƒ›•Ǥ C. (Finding later, great traces forged by the Indian tribes, on their trading and ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ ˆ‘”ƒ›•ǤȌ D. Later, they found the great traces forged by the Indian tribes on their –”ƒ†‹‰ ƒ† ϐ‹‰Š–‹‰ ˆ‘”ƒ›•Ǥ 4. F. NO CHANGE G. will become a part of H. became part of J. became part

The Cambridge Edge Try to apply the Basic Method above to answer the questions in this passage. Try covering up the answer choices with a piece of paper until you get to step 4. Master Moves If you can’t remember a grammar rule, be on the lookout for any similar uses in the rest of the passage. For example, #2 includes a colon. ˆ ›‘—…ƒǯ– ϐ‹‰—”‡ out whether the use of the colon is correct, take a guess and move on. But when you reach the sentence that includes #5, notice that it also uses a colon. And you know this use must be correct because it’s not underlined. Jump back up to #2. Does this give you any additional clues about the right answer?

A. NO CHANGE B. connecting us to C. connected us to D. connect us

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6. F. NO CHANGE G. Geographically isolated H. Isolated geographically J. Isolated geography

A. NO CHANGE B. Valley, building C. Valley: building D. Valley,

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8. F. NO CHANGE G. (The German settlers made important …‘–”‹„—–‹‘•ǤȌ H. “The German settlers made important contributions.” J. OMIT the underlined portion.